Cass Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is a prominent law professor who has written several papers on terrorism exploring aspects of risk, probability and public policy. He is a friend of Barack Obama's and currently serves as his "regulatory czar" in the White House, overseeing the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Opposition to Sunstein
In October of 2009 the EPA sent the White House a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Toxic Coal Ash. President Obama's choice as the head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Cass Sunstein, oversees such policies but as of March 2010 has refused to act on the EPA's plea. Sunstein has come under scrutiny for allowing his office to meet with coal industry representatives more than 20 times since October 2010. All such meetings took place behind closed doors and were not open to the public. An anti-Sunstein website was launched in response in an attempt to force Sunstein and the White House to act on the EPA's proposed rule.

Affiliations

 * AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, author and member of Council of Academic Advisors

Resources

 * Spinprofiles Cass Sunstein

Contact

 * Karl N. Llewellyn Dist. Service Prof. of Jurisprudence, Law School, Dept. of Political Science and the College
 * 1111 East 60th Street
 * Chicago, IL 60637
 * Tel: 773 702-9498
 * email: csunstei@uchicago.edu